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AMERICAS: The Colombian government warned a ceasefire with the National Liberation Army would not happen if the group continued to commit terrorist attacks.

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Korean Peninsula: South Korean Intel indicates North Korea in assassination.

Two North Korean ministries orchestrated the plot to kill Kim Jong Nam on the orders of his half-brother, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea’s spy agency the National Intelligence Service said.

South Korean intelligence believes suspected North Korean officials worked for the state’s foreign and security ministries.

The National Intelligence Service also reported North Korea executed five senior security officials for making false reports that “enraged” leader Kim Jong Un.

South Korean spies have a spotty record when reporting about high-level events in authoritarian, cloistered North Korea.